Sagian Core System I

Flex Station II: 96 and 384 well plate reader (Molecular Devices): GPCR and ion channel assays and general fluorescence applications.

Victor 3V: 96 or 384 and 1536 well : UV-VIS absorbance, luminescence, fluorescence polarization, fluorescence, time resolved fluorescence assay.

Biomek FX: Liquid handler for compound transfer and cherry picking. It is equipped with a custom built pin tool and transfers 384 compounds in 85 seconds.

ORCA robotic arm on a rail: delivers and transfers plates from plate hotels or incubators onto the liquid handlers, plate readers, etc.

Cytomat 6001: CO₂ plate incubator with a capacity of 180 plates.

Multidrop 384: (Thermo LabSystems): manifold liquid dispensing. This instrument is useful for accurately delivering a fixed amount of liquid rapidly (about 25 seconds) into either 96 or 384 well plates and plating of cells.

ELx 405 plate washer, Bio-Tek Instruments: well washing, aspiration, dispensing. This instrument would be useful in performing assays which require multi-step aspiration from and dispensing into wells.

Lidding station: Automated storage of lids.

All devices are integrated under SILAS/SAMI software for walk-away automation.

Sagian Core System II

Currently under construction: An ORCA based system which is dedicated to high-content screening.

Other instruments available:

Qbot: Colony picker and arrayer (Genetix). This instrument has a 72 plate capacity and is used in high-throughput sequencing projects as well as for library construction and maintenance. It uses 96 and 384 well plates, omni-trays and is equipped with a video camera for automated colony recognition and blue-white screening.

Precision 2000: A 12 channel liquid handler (Bio-Tek) which can be used in a steril bench and adresses 96 and 384 well plates.

Various Multidrop 384's: (Thermo LabSystems) This instrument is useful for accurately delivering a fixed amount of liquid rapidly into either 96 or 384 well plates and plating of cells.